Dorset Birds: Saturday 28th June 2025

Common Sandpiper - 4 Christchurch Harbour
Spotted Redshank - 2 still at Lytchett Fields RSPB
Little Gull - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Balearic Shearwater - 4 Portland Bill
Cattle Egret - 4 west over Christchurch Harbour
Osprey - 2 Lytchett Bay (female C6C, hatched Lancs in 2022 and male 5H3, hatched at Carey Estate in 2023)

Yesterday : 3 Balearic Shearwaters and a Sooty Shearwater at Portland Bill

Spotted Redshank, Lytchett Fields RSPB © Garry Hayman

RARE BREEDING BIRDS

Dorset Bird Club and the Rare Breeding Birds Panel advocate special caution when reporting rare breeding birds as they are vulnerable to persecution and disturbance.

Please consider the birds welfare and do not share details of any rare breeding species on X/Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp groups, personal websites, blogs, or local birdwatching message boards.

We urge all finders of rare birds to consider whether they may be breeding before sharing the news.

Sightings should always be submitted, in confidence, to the county recorder to contribute to long-term national monitoring.

DORSET BIRD REPORT 2023

The Dorset Bird Report 2023, produced by Dorset Bird Club, is now available for purchase by non-members via the DBC website (click on the report cover image below). Featuring a review of the year, a comprehensive systematic list of all species recorded in 2023, rarity finder accounts including the first Moltoni's Warbler and Isabelline Wheatear for Dorset, articles on Baltic Gull, the Alpine Swift influx, Cory's and Great Shearwaters, and the return of the Cirl Bunting. Illustrated throughout with images taken by Dorset's leading photographers. £16 (+ £3 shipping).